Herdy Gerdy

by CORE Design Limited

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• ASIN: B00005NN5D
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 12, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,409 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Gerdy, an apprentice herder, embarks on an epic quest to revive his father from an evil spell. His journey takes him across an island populated by an assortment of wild creatures. To defeat his father's nemesis and restore goodness to the island, Gerdy must hone his herding skills and ultimately compete in a magnificent tournament to name the Master Herder.

You must master the complex relationships between the wild inhabitants, Gerdy's herding techniques, and different environmental elements. You will control 12 unruly island species, each with its own intellect, personality, and behavior patterns. Solve puzzles, manage resources, and employ a high level of strategic thinking to manipulate the various creatures. Immerse yourself in a living, breathing world with lush graphics, incredibly fluid animation, and an unparalleled level of detail. Explore 27 expansive environments filled with more than 200 nonplayer characters. You will experience absorbing, continuous gameplay without load times, and will appreciate the detailed character skin and bone structures of the characters, a complex lighting system, and a seamless blend of natural-looking animation and control. Along the way, you must acquire tools, guidance, and experience from key nonplayer characters by winning challenges and successfully completing side quests.

Product Description

The evil Sadorf has cast a powerful sleeping spell on the Master Herder Gedryn to prevent his dark rule over Magical Island from ending, but the Herder's son Gerdy is determined to get his father back and save the land in Core Design's unusual adventure, Herdy Gerdy. Featuring a completely unique graphical style created by using hand-drawn textures and animations, Herdy Gerdy boasts nearly 40 different and expansive environments and 12 dissimilar creature sets that can be controlled and manipulated by the player. A variety of herding tools and clothing can be uncovered along the way as well, in addition to a large number of solutions, alternate pathways, and AI routines for enemies and allies alike.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Tons of bugs and little to no QA - Don't buy!, May 27, 2002

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ATB / Molly Black (Oakland, CA USA (Piedmont)) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Herdy Gerdy (Video Game)

Bugs:

A) The runtime slows incredibly when you have too many Doops running around (bad processing).

B) Caught a Gromp and the gate didn't go up. The Gromp was caught and the menu showed it as caught, but the animation didn't match (Mideen level).

C) The bee in Valley Floor gets stuck in a loop by the bridge.

Actual bad design issues:

A) Almost three minutes to load for just the title screen. And about one minute between each level.

B) Random camera angles which seem to switch for no reason, leading to running basically blind.

C) Several times music does not change to note whether or not a Gromp is around. Even if it's hitting your head off, no music change.

These are just a few of the problems and bugs found in just two days of playing (approximately eight hours between two people). Do not recommend for the above reasons. My fiance and I tend to think that the company was so eager to get this title on the shelf that they did little to no QA. When you can find that many problems in under ten hours, you know something's really wrong. I agree that the animation is quite fetching ....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great potential, yet far from adequate, August 23, 2004

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Richard Veysey (South Portland, ME) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Herdy Gerdy (Video Game)

It only took me a few hours to realize that Herdy Gerdy wasn't the game for me. The camera, as many others before have mentioned, moves practically uncontrollably around Gerdy, making gameplay irritating and much less fun than it would be otherwise.
Although the premise is interesting, original, and fun, the irritating controlls and agrivating excess camera motion make for an unpleasant gaming experience. Also, spending at least half an hour herding animals and solving puzzles to open a door that requires 50% completion, only to not be able to find the door you have opened, often times leaving the level and losing all your progress, gets very annoying. After taking all the animals halfway across a level, it is no fun to go back through to do it all over again.
This game may be good for kids in homes with no violence rules, but I miss the days where chances were any game you pick up met that description. If you're looking for a good, non-violent game, pick up a Lemmings title, not this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A perfect title for you "no gun rule" homes., November 4, 2002

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White Guy (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Herdy Gerdy (Video Game)

I'm a dad of 3 children under 6 years old and I myself love video games. My 5 year old son loves them also and my 3 year old girl loves to watch, so, violent, scary games usually aren't the best idea.
The skill required is a little beyond my 5 year old's capabilities except for the first 3 levels, which lets me play!
It's my first PS2 game to own and we love it. You play as a boy named Herdy that has to round up various creatures in order to advance to higher levels. The way you do it reminds me of that old puzzle of getting the hen, the cat, and the feed bag to the other side of the river without having anything get eaten.
The graphics give the game and animated feel. The levels are 3D, free roaming and expansive. The characters are fun and the action is great.
For younger gameers, it could help them to think outside of the box and realize that achieving a goal isn't as easy as it may first appear. For $20, you can't go wrong.
If you can't get past the faulty camera or long load times, either design your own game or don't buy it.
My kids and I also like Jak and Daxter.